Little League Softball World Series | |
Last Season: | 2024 Little League Softball World Series |
Sport: | Softball |
Founded: | 1974 |
Teams: | 12 |
Country: | International |
Champion: | Pitt County Girls Softball Little League, Winterville, North Carolina |
Most Champs: | Midway Little League Waco/Hewitt, Texas (12) |
Website: | LittleLeague.org |
The Little League Softball World Series is a softball tournament for girls aged 10 to 12 years old. It was first held in 1974 and is held every August at Stallings Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina, in the United States. Little League expanded the field of World Series participants to 12 in 2022, adding 2 regions in the United States. [1] Before being held in Greenville, it was held outside of Portland, Oregon at Alpenrose Stadium.
The champion of each of the eight United States regional tournaments competes in the Little League Softball World Series. In 2022, the East and West regions were divided to create four new regions (Mid-Atlantic, New England, Northwest, and West):
The champion of each of the four international regional tournaments competes in the Little League Softball World Series:
Year | Winners | Score | Runner Up | |
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1974 | Tampa, Florida Wellswood Little League | |||
1975 | Medford, Oregon National Little League | 1–0 | New York (Half Hollow Hills, Long Island) | |
1976 | Salinas, California Salinas Little League | 4-1 | Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Sturgeon Bay Little League | |
1977 | Salinas, California American Little League | |||
1978 | Shippensburg, Pennsylvania Shippensburg Little League | |||
1979 | Providence, Rhode Island North Providence West Little League | |||
1980 | Glendale, California Glendale Little League | |||
1981 | Gresham, Oregon Gresham Little League | |||
1982 | Glendale, California 76er Little League | |||
1983 | Naples, Florida Greater Naples Little League | |||
1984 | Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque Little League | |||
1985 | Brookfield, Illinois National Little League | |||
1986 | Tampa Bay, Florida Tampa Bay Little League | |||
1987 | Tampa Bay, Florida Tampa Bay Little League | |||
1988 | Naples, Florida Greater Naples Little League | |||
1989 | Naples, Florida Greater Naples Little League | |||
1990 | Glendale, California Foothill Little League | |||
1991 | Naples, Florida Greater Naples Little League | |||
1992 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | |||
1993 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | |||
1994 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | Gresham, Oregon Centennial Little League | ||
1995 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | |||
1996 | Clearwater, Florida Countryside Little League | |||
1997 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | Warrington, PA Warrington Warwick Little League | ||
1998 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | |||
1999 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | |||
2000 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | 6–1 | Tualatin, Oregon Tualatin Little League | |
2001 | Maunabo, Puerto Rico Rosario Y Cardona Little League | 4–3 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | |
2002 Little League Softball World Series | 2002 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | 6–1 | Beaverton, Oregon Beaverton Area Little League |
2003 Little League Softball World Series | 2003 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | 16–10 | Naples, Florida Naples Girls Softball Little League |
2004 Little League Softball World Series | 2004 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League | 18–5 | McLean, Virginia McLean Little League |
2005 Little League Softball World Series | 2005 | McLean, Virginia McLean Little League | 6–2 | Orange, Connecticut Orange Little League |
2006 Little League Softball World Series | 2006 | Mattawan, Michigan Mattawan Little League | 6–2 | Pequannock, New Jersey Pequannock Little League |
2007 Little League Softball World Series | 2007 | Morristown, Tennessee Morristown American/National Little League | 3–2 | Elgin, Texas Elgin Little League |
2008 Little League Softball World Series | 2008 | Simpsonville, South Carolina Simposnville Little League | 9–5 | Robbinsville, New Jersey Robbinsville Little League |
2009 Little League Softball World Series | 2009 | Warner Robins, Georgia Warner Robins American Little League | 14–2 | Crawford, Texas Crawford Little League |
2010 Little League Softball World Series | 2010 | Warner Robins, Georgia Warner Robins American Little League | 8–6 | Burbank, California Burbank Little League |
2011 Little League Softball World Series | 2011 | Sterling, Illinois Sterling Little League | 7–5 | Waco, Texas Midway Little League |
2012 | Albuquerque, New Mexico Eastdale Little League | 16–1 | Windermere, Florida Windermere Little League | |
2013 | Tucson, Arizona Sunnyside Little League | 9–0 | McLean, Virginia McLean Little League | |
2014 | Robbinsville, New Jersey Robbinsville Little League | 4–1 | Bossier City, Louisiana Bossier Little League | |
2015 | Salisbury, North Carolina Rowan Little League | 4–2 | Warwick, Rhode Island Warwick Little League | |
2016 Little League Softball World Series | 2016 | Helotes, Texas Greater Helotes Little League | 5–1 | Salisbury, North Carolina Rowan Little League |
2017 | Waco, Texas Lake Air Little League | 7–2 | Salisbury, North Carolina Rowan Little League | |
2018 | Wheelersburg, Ohio Wheelersburg Little League | 3–0 | Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania Tunkhannock Little League | |
2019 Little League Softball World Series | 2019 | Salisbury, North Carolina Rowan Little League | 4–1 | River Ridge, Louisiana Eastbank Little League |
2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2] | |||
2021 | Muskogee, Oklahoma Green Country Little League | 9–1 | Chesterfield, Virginia Chesterfield Little League | |
2022 | Hewitt, Texas Midway Little League | 5–4 | Delmar, Maryland Delmar Little League | |
2023 | Massapequa, New York Massapequa International Little League | 5–2 | Winterville, North Carolina Pitt County Girls Softball Little League | |
2024 | Winterville, North Carolina Pitt County Girls Softball Little League | 1–0 | Sterlington, Louisiana Sterlington Little League |
Rank | Team | Championships | Years |
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1 | Texas | 14 | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016, 2017, 2022 |
2 | Florida | 8 | 1974, 1975, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996 |
3 | California | 5 | 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1990 |
4 | North Carolina | 3 | 2015, 2019, 2024 |
5 | Oregon | 2 | 1975, 1981 |
Georgia | 2009, 2010 | ||
Illinois | 1985, 2011 | ||
New Mexico | 1984, 2012 | ||
9 | Arizona | 1 | 2013 |
Michigan | 2006 Little League Softball World Series | 2006 | |
New Jersey | 2014 | ||
New York | 2023 | ||
Ohio | 2018 | ||
Oklahoma | 2021 | ||
Pennsylvania | 1978 | ||
Puerto Rico | 2001 | ||
Rhode Island | 1979 | ||
South Carolina | 2008 Little League Softball World Series | 2008 | |
Tennessee | 2007 Little League Softball World Series | 2007 | |
Virginia | 2005 Little League Softball World Series | 2005 |